Directors' share dealings

The beneficial interests of the directors who held office at 30 September 2011 in the ordinary share capital of the company were as follows:

At 30 September
2011
Ordinary shares
At 30 September
2010
Ordinary shares
R F M Adair
130,241,239 129,991,239
P A J Leech
1,639,447 1,639,447
J M Austen
180,000 180,000
W P Wyatt
R W Dyson
623,000 623,000
A N Gaskell

Under the long-term incentive scheme, the following number of share awards were granted during the year:

Year ended
30 September
2011
Period ended
30 September
2010
R F M Adair
534,063 1,833,333
P A J Leech
534,063 1,833,333
J M Austen
452,497 1,553,333

The number of outstanding awards granted to directors are:

At 30 September
2011
At 30 September
2010
R F M Adair
2,367,396 2,328,828
P A J Leech
2,367,396 2,328,828
J M Austen
2,599,889 2,147,392

The number of shares awarded to directors that have now lapsed are:

At 30 September
2011
At 30 September
2010
R F M Adair
495,495
P A J Leech
495,495

No director had any interest in the shares of any of the subsidiary companies. Details of shares held by the group's Employee Benefit Trust are shown in note 23.

Details of directors' material interests in contracts are shown in note 25.

A J Green was appointed as a non-executive director on 7 December 2010 and resigned on 18 May 2011.